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Classical music: Richard Wagner premiered his opera Die Feen on this day in 1888. No, not Der Freischutz — Die Feen. You know, The Fairies? You seriously haven’t heard it? Nah I’m kidding, almost nobody has: It was Wagner’s first effort, written when he was 20, and it didn’t get produced until 55 years later, after he had made his name with the Ring cycle and the other landmarks. It gets done very rarely; there are recordings, though, and the overture is kinda charming:
